kalv.
calf (a young cow or bull)
Meaning & usage
calf (a young cow or bull)
A small island, glacier or lake beside a larger one.
An entrance to a salmon trap or the like.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo- (“womb, animal young”). Compare Danish and Swedish kalv, Icelandic kálfur, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, English calf.
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